TENNESSEE VALLEY WOODWORKERS JUNE1990
WELL HERE IT IS JUNE ALREADY! IT’S NEARLY HALF WAY THROUGH ANOTHER
YEAR.
JUST ANOTHER FEW WEEKS BEFORE SUMMER OFFICIALLY BEGINS.
SUMMER
ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE A SLOW TIME FOR WOODWORKING AROUND OUR
PLACE....BETWEEN
BROKEN TILLERS, BROKEN LAWNMOWERS AND BROKEN
BACKS
THERE SEEMS TO BE LITTLE TIME OR SPACE FOR ANY PROJECTS
OTHER
THAN SURVIVAL. NOW FOR A LITTLE LITERARY ENLIGHTENMENT...
A
FEW FAMOUS OR NOT SO FAMOUS LITERARY QUOTES OF JUNE:
FROM
LORD BYRON
“SEEK
ROSES IN DECEMBER, ICE IN JUNE”
ANONYMOUS
(OLD ENGLISH PROVERB)
“A SWARM
OF BEES IN MAY
IS
WORTH A LOAD OF HAY;
A SWARM
OF BEES IN JUNE
IS
WORTH A SILVER SPOON;
A SWARM
OF BEES IN JULY
IS
NOT WORTH A FLY.”
NEXT
MEETING
DON’T
FORGET! !! WE’LL BE LOOKING FOR YOU NEXT TUESDAY.
JUNE
19, AT 7:00, DUCK RIVER ELECTRIC BUILDING IN DECHERD.
OUR
SCHEDULED PROGRAM WILL BE: EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW
ABOUT
SPRAYERS, BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK! DON’T
FORGET OUR
FAVORITE
PART OF THE MONTHLY GATHERING.. .SHOW AND TELL I I I I
AND
NOW A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR
- JACK TOWNSEND, OUR VERY OWN TOMMY LASORDA
REPORTS THAT HE IS
FIT
AS A FIDDLE AND ABOUT 25 POUNDS LIGHTER. JACK SAYS THAT HE
WILL
BE PRESENT NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT AND MODELING HIS NEW WARDROBE.
I DON’T
THINK THAT MOST OF US WOULD WANT TO TAKE THE APPROACH TO
DIETING
THAT JACK DID. DORA SAYS JACK IS BEING A GOOD PATIENT.
I BELIEVE
HIS TIME IN BED WAS A PERIOD OF INSPIRATION FOR JACK-.
HE
SAYS HE HAS SEVERAL NEW CLOCK DESIGNS IN MIND.
BORED
OF THE SAME OLD THING DAY AFTER DAY?
TIRED
OF THE SAME OLD ROUTINE?
CONTACT__________________________________________
HE HAS
A JOB MOVING AN OLD LOG CABIN FOR UNDER $10,000. LET’S HERE THOSE TELEPHONE
RINGING!
LOCAL
MEMBERS RECOGNIZED BY STATE ORGANIZATION
HENRY
DAVIS, TOM COWAN AND BILL CHEW, WERE ASKED TO GIVE A
PRESENTATION
AT THE TENNESSEE WOODTURNERS ASSOCIATION IN
NASHVILLE.
THEIR PRESENTATION WAS AT THEIR LAST MONTHLY MEETING.
WE
WILL BE VERY INTERESTED IN THEIR~REPORT.
MAY
MEETING
IF
YOU WERE NOT PRESENT AT THE MAY MEETING, YOU MISSED A FINE
PROGRAM
AND EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
DIFFICULT
CHORE OF PRICING YOUR HANDMADE ITEMS FOR SALE. WE HAD
A
DISTINGUISHED PANEL OF EXPERTS THAT INCLUDED; OUR EVER POPULAR
PROGRAM
CHAIRMEN, BOB REESE, ANNIE RUTH NORVELL (SHOP MANAGER OF
FOOTHILLS
CRAFTS), CAROL GRUMBACHER, GRAFTER AND ON THE BOARD Q~
DIRECTORS
OF FOOTHILLS, AND OUR TALENTED MEMBERS, TOM COWAN M4D
HENRY
DAVIS. ADVISE ON HOW TO INCLUDE THE TOTAL COST OF ITEMS
WAS
HELPFUL TO EVERYONE PRESENT. SALES AND MARKETING TIPS WERE
GIVEN.
IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE A COPY OF BOB’S INFORMATION ON
PRICING,
YOU ARE MISSING A VALUABLE TOOL. EVERYONE THOUGHT IT
WAS
AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM AND WE ALL WANT TO THANK BOB FOR THE
TIME
HE SPENT PREPARING THE INFORMATION.
SHOW
AND TELL
ONCE
AGAIN THE QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF GOODS IMPRESSED US ALL.
HENRY
DAVIS BUILT A WALNUT END TABLE WITH CABRIOLE LEGS THAT
EVERYONE
ENVIED -- HIS TALENT AND HIS OWNERSHIP. BILL CHEW HAD
TURNED
A GORGEOUS CHERRY BOWL AND SOME NICE CEDAR ONES ALSO..
WINFIELD
HAD A NEW WALKING STICK AND TOM CHURCH BROUGHT A SHOE
SHINE
KIT THAT COULD BE COPIED INTO A FINE CRAFT SHOW ITEM.
WE
HAD A VERY TALENTED VISITOR FROM HUNTLAND, JOE PLUNKETT.
HE
MADE THE NICEST SOLID CHERRY TRICYCLES THAT ANY ONE HAS EVER
SEEN.
AND HE HAS A UNIQUE PATTERN FOR A SOLID DUCK PULL TOY THAT
WE
WOULD ALL LIKE TO HAVE. BROTHER PLUNKETT IS VERY TALENTED AND
WE
HOPE THAT HE CAN JOIN OUR CLUB SOON. I BELIEVE HE COULD TEACH
US
SOME FINE FINISHING TECHNIQUES. I BROUGHT A JAPANESE PUZZLE
BOX
AND WHAT ELSE CAN I SAY. I WENT HOME MINUS A NICKEL.
PAGE
THREE
THERE
IS NO PAGE THREE THIS MONTH FOLKS, TOM’S GOT TO CATCH A
PLANE
AND I HAVE A HOUSEFUL OF RELATIVES. BUT IF YOU COME TO THE
JUNE
MEETING YOU WILL RECEIVE A SKETCH OF A VERY UNIQUE,
PRACTICAL,
AND KNOCK DOWN DISPLAY STAND FOR WOODWORKING ITEMS.
JUST
DIDN’T GET TIME TO FINISH THE SKETCH. THAT’S ALL FOLKS.